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I love music quotes - and have had the Bob Marley quote on my page for a while. Think iI will have to add the Schopenhauer one next time I edit.

One of my all time favorite Marley songs. Hope you enjoy/enjoyed Chicago. It is a cool city.

Just back this morning. Went to Buddy Guy's blues club but needed food and no tables and the guy on the door just shouted at me when I asked him questions, like 'so this band that's replacing the the billed act, what are they like?' - 'good, man, otherwise they wouldn't be playing here' - 'so what kind of blues is it' - 'chicago blues, man' - 'yeah yeah'. So I wandered about the club a bit, realised it was a tourist trap and went somewhere else. (Bit like Ronnie Scott's legendary jazz club in london - except you get to check it out before you hand over the money.)
What was cool was that I got to go to the hi def cinema screening of the remastered first star trek episode.Crowds of geeks wearing spock ears and the works.

Very true, very true. Both. Funny, I've been running into discussion and chat about that Oliver Sack's book all over the place of late. He's obviously doing a big promo tour on it. Sounds fascinating.

Wotcher doing in the States, mate? Business or pleasure or both?

Like the Thoreau quote, debi.
Marigold: I'm a big fan of Chicago now. First visit. Work this time, but will try to get back and chill a bit more. Nice collection at the Art Institute. Main good thing is that people seemed to be able to understand my english accent, although I've started to suspect that Chicagoans are quite good at letting confusing things just wash over their heads.
Lady Miss Ian:I sort of remember some references to music stuff in Richard Powers' Echo Maker, which was so obviously about Sacks.I'm only a couple of chapters into the Sacks book, but it looks promising. Never actually read any of his stuff before - just read about it, like most people - but really want to check out Uncle Tungsten too.
Did pretty much everything I wanted to do in Chicago except eat a dog.

I hope you mean eat a Hot Dog. :-0

A video taxi playing some Marley. Odd indeed. Or perhaps serendipitous. Good of you to share some wisdom with us.

What did you like most at the Art Institute?

There's so much good stuff there.
Unsurprisingly was impressed by this big Caillebotte:

This by Man Ray really grabbed my attention:

As did this Klee:

And this Klee left an impression, although I only really registered it in a peripheral sort of way:

What a lovely coincidence to have read that and then hear/see Bob...love the art too!